Thesaurus:foolish

THESAURUS

foolish

English

Sense: (of a person, action) lacking good sense or judgement; unwise

Some meanings imply unintelligent, slow witted - ++

Synonyms

bedaft

daft

derpy (slang)

dopey

dumb ++

fatuous

gauvison (UK dialect)

idiotic

naive [WS]

silly

slight (obsolete)

softheaded

soft in the head

sottish (dated)

stupid [WS]

thick++ (not of action)

unwise

Colloquialisms or slang

crackpot

dense++

Similes

thick as a brick++ (not of action)

daft as a brush

Technical terms misused

cretinous++

idiotic

imbecilic++

lame++

moronic++

retarded

Antonyms

wise [WS]

Hyponyms

gullible [WS]

naive [WS]

Hypernyms

weak-minded [WS]

See also

Further reading

Wiktionary:Roget Thesaurus Classification
Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division I. Formation of Ideas
Section V. Results Of Reasoning
499. Imbecility, Folly - “Imbecility” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“foolish” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.

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